IP triggering with 2 media servers

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This  configuration  example  (Illustration  22)  can  be  realized  in  different ways. Here we want to establish a backup source to the primary one for the  distant  site.  This  backup  source  can  be  either  a  DMX  or  an  ArtNet source. The following drawing shows the second case (artNet source).

The main difference between the two cases will be be in the way to set the outlets on the  distant site. If you  use an Ethernet backup source, you'll have  to  set  the  final  outlet  in  a  custom  mode,  with  a  Backup  merging policy on the desired channels.
On  the  following  screenshot  (Illustration  23),  you  will  discover  the  first way to set up a IP backup setup. The main rule is applied on final outputs (CUSTOM  IP  Merging).  On  the  second  popup  frame  ,  you  can  see  the setting for the backup switching time.

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On the  other hand, if  you wish to use a DMX backup source, you'll just have to set one or more outlet as Input, with the IP Merging backup mode enable. Check the following screenshot (Illustration 25) to understand.

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IP triggering

This setup is a very good example of the power of the Luminex devices firmware.  In  this  configuration,  a  lighting  desk  is  controlling  through ArtNet  a  media  server  that  maps  media  onto  a  matrix  composed  of  60 LED wash  moving  heads, also patched  on the  lighting desk. The  aim of that setup is to be able to control from both sources the LED matrix.
If we set the LTP merging policy as the default one for the Luminex device (here a Ethernet-DMX 8 MkII), we can control PAN&TILT from the lighting desk, and  colors from the media server. However, if the Media server is always  streaming  its  values,  it  will  be  impossible  to  control  LED  wash colors from the lighting desk.
Another good example would be if you would like to use some of the LED wash  lights  to  light  a  part  of  the  scenery,  while  the  rest  of  the  Matrix continue to display contents of the media server. 
To  do  so,  we  use  the  Luminex  trigger  feature,  available  in  all  Ethernet DMX product.

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The first step is to set all outlets of the Luminex device used as output in Custom mode (See below)

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Then,  on  each  outlet,  set  the  IP  addresses  of  your  two  control  sources (here 2.0.0.20 & 2.0.0.40).
Notice on the very right of the pop up frame (Illustration 28), the trigger field. Here you can enter the DMX channel you will use to remotely change the merging policy for all the channels of this outlet.
You  will  have  to  patch  in  your  lighting  desk  or  any  DMX  or  Artnet controller the trigger channel (here N°512) in order to be able to change the merging policy of each channel controlled by this trigger channel. By changing  the  value  of  this  trigger  channel,  you  will  affect  the  merging policy as follow :

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The last step is to enable the trigger universe on the Luminex device for it to listen to trigger order coming from the DMX or ArtNet source :

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In the case you would just like to takeover control on just a part of the LED  Wash  light  Matrix,  you  just  have  to  set  a  trigger  channel  to  the channels you want to swap (by example just a part of the kit to light up the scenery).
The  following  screenshot  (Illustration  30)  shows  how  you  can  affect  a trigger channel only on the desired channels.

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IP triggering with 2 media servers

The following setup is inspired from the first one, except that here we use to media servers for different reasons: the operator would like to have two different video feed to play with, the opportunity to mix, merge and split the 2 video signals, and a backup solution for the main media server.
The Luminex device configuration is quite similar to the previous example, all outlets are set as IP merged outlet in Custom mode.

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The  main difference between  the way of using the trigger system; here we're going to use two different trigger channels to have the opportunity to split the LED screen into two. The following sceenshots (Illustration 31) illustrates  perfectly  the  above  drawing,  were  the  two  media  server contents are maps on each side of the LED screen, thanks to the trigger system.
By  using  the  different  values  of  theses  trigger  channels,  it  will  thus  be possible to change the merging policies and have the second media server as a backup, or merge the 2 contents directly one the wall.

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